Closet-seat.



W. S. HAMM T. A. LEGGE.

GLGSET SEAT.

APPLIGATIOH HLBD 0012s. 1911.

Patented Apr. 30, 1912..

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'and THQMASA., (if the rpechvely. shwn; cinch jemprises State's ;and residents ofHllbbgrd Woods and gf paall'l Irans, :is '21, 'gmdr V 14 when the cover member 12 fuilv raised.

As shown, the horizonu! arm 1S ofthe hinge part 14 is provided with an aperture 3S, and the inner edge 39 of this aperture 1s reurgded to prmride a cam shoulder for engaging the end of the shank IH.. Preferably the .snpporting rail 10 is i-c'sesed, as indicated 'at 40, below the aperture` 38 tu permit the end of the shank 34 to protrude through the a In the arrangement provided h5' the invent-ion the seat 11 and cover l2 saving upon a common pivot 1T. When the cover 12 is iclosed the hook armsof the tm hinge 13 serre tu connect the seat and cover, whereby on raising the cover the seat is necmrily raised'with it. The envagement of the protruding'ends of the 34 of the hook arms 28 with the cam shouders 39 causes s disengagement of the seat and cover members when they have been completely raised, to permit the seat to be lowered independentl of the cover. When thcseat and ooi-er are fought together in the lowered position,

the hook arms 28 ser-ce to connect them or in any miei-mediate pusitium whereby neither can be swung inciependently i until both have been fully raised.

"e claim as our inventionf l. In u elet seat, in cumbinatiuu, a snppr, a three-part hinge having one of its members xed to the support, a spring latch piroted on the intermediate member and engageable with the third member, the latch :i having a stem en oeable with a trip pocket in the Elst-na hinge member, a sent arttaehed to the 'third-named hinge member, and a cover attached to the intermediate hinge member.

L In eombinatiun, u support, n threepart hinge having one of its members fixed g to the suppurt, and n spring latch pivoted i on the intermediate member and engageable dvith the third member, the latch having :l istem engageable. with a trip on the {i1-eti named hinge member.

` WILLIAM s. HAMM.

THOMAS A.

g Witnenrs:

- E. M- KLA'mnen,

i (HL-mus B. Gummi. 

